Undocumented saints: the politics of migrating devotions
The book looks at five vernacular saints that have emerged in Mexico and have migrated into the US in the last one hundred years. Each chapter contextualises a particular vernacular saint within broader discourses about the construction of masculinity and the state, the long history of violence agai...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2022
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| In: | Anno: 2022 |
| Recensioni: | [Rezension von: Calvo-Quiros, William A., Undocumented saints : the politics of migrating devotions] (2025) (Nabhan-Warren, Kristy)
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| Periodico/Rivista: | Oxford scholarship online
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| Altre parole chiave: | B
Christian saints
Cult (Mexico)
B Mexico Emigration and immigration B Folk Religion (Mexico) B Folk Religion Political aspects (Mexico) B United States Emigration and immigration |
| Accesso online: |
Accesso probabilmente gratuito Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Edizione parallela: | Non elettronico
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| Riepilogo: | The book looks at five vernacular saints that have emerged in Mexico and have migrated into the US in the last one hundred years. Each chapter contextualises a particular vernacular saint within broader discourses about the construction of masculinity and the state, the long history of violence against women in the region, female erasure from history, the discrimination of non-normative sexualities, as well as US and Mexican investment in the control of religiosity within the discourses of immigration. |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Also issued in print: 2022. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on December 21, 2022) |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white). |
| ISBN: | 019763026X |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197630228.001.0001 |